Table 1.

Summary of variables included in the analyses for the observational study with data source

Type	Variable	Description	Chart review 2014–2016	Organisational questionnaire 2016–2018	Clinicians’ questionnaire 2014–2017
Primary outcome	Quality of dementia follow-up	10 ACOVE indicators: Cognitive testing, functional status, behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia, weight, caregiver needs, driving status, home care needs, community service needs (eg, Alzheimer Society), absence of anticholinergic medication and management of dementia medications19	X
Secondary outcomes	Continuity of primary care	Number of visits to the FMGs/FHTs; the number of notes, whether or not they were related to dementia, recorded in the charts by the FMG/FHT health professionals; the proportion of patients who have at least two visits to any clinician in the same FMG/FHT during the time period	X
	Medications management	Proportion of patients with dementia who are treated with dementia medication such as cholinesterase inhibitors or memantine; the proportion of new dementia medications prescribed or initiated; the proportion of new dementia medications initiated by family physician; the proportion of new dementia medications initiated by specialists; and the proportion of patients who are treated with antipsychotics during the period	X
Explanatory variables	Organisational Best Practices for Dementia Score	See Henein et al. 23 Domains include: leadership within the interdisciplinary primary care clinic, financial support, support from cognition specialists, training, clinical information systems, coordination and continuity within the interdisciplinary primary care clinic, caregiver support and involvement, access to and coordination with home and community services, coordination with hospital		X
	Index of Conformity to an Ideal Type of primary care setting	See Levesque et al. 24 Domains include: vision, structure, resources, practice		X
	Clinician KAP Scores	See Arsenault-Lapierre et al. 26 27 Physicians’ and nurses’ perceived competency and knowledge related to dementia; the physicians’ and nurses’ attitudes towards dementia; the physicians’ practices in terms of cognitive evaluation; the physicians’ attitude towards their collaboration with other FMGs/FHTs healthcare professionals; and the nurses’ satisfaction with the support from secondary and tertiary care services and the physicians’ and nurses’ attitudes towards the collCMs			X
Confounders	Patients’ characteristics	Age, sex, comorbidities (number of medications)	X
	FMGs/FHTs demographic information	Number of registered patients, public/private, proximity to memory clinic, university affiliation, rural/urban and socio-economic area based on the FMGs/FHTs postal code, percentage of older patients		X

ACOVE, Assessing Care of Vulnerable Elders; collCMs, collaborative care models; FHT, Family Health Team; FMG, Family Medicine Group; KAP, knowledge, attitudes and practice.